Pool-table triangle.



LR. TREIBERL POOL TABLE TRIANGLE.

"APPLICATION FILED APR.13. 1914. RENEWED OCT. 1915. 1,167,137.

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To aZZ wlzLom-z't mag concern Y Be it known that L'Tnuononn R. TREIBER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, 'inthe county of Jackson and State of Missouri; have invented'a certain new and useful Improvement in Pool-Table Triangles, of which the following is-a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pool table triangles. f a V The object of invention is to provide a pool table trianglewith a device by which the cloth of the pool table will be protected from wear due-to the placing of the balls within the triangle and ,positioning them on the table.

1 My invention-provides further-a flexible member, adapted to support thepool balls when they are placed in the triangle on the table, having means for being detachably secured to the triangle so as'to permit the removal of the flexible member for the purpose of cleansing or being reversed in position on the triangle.

Other novel features of my invention are,

hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the triangle and ball supporting member. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the triangle and ball supporting member, showing in solid lines the balls and triangle resting on the flexible ball supporting member, and in d0tted lines showing the triangle and balls moved forwardly to a position in which the balls will have passed off from the flexible member. Fig. 3 is a view showing in side elevation what is shown in Fig. 2, and showing a portion of the cloth of the pool table in vertical section. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view cnthe line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 5 -5 of Fig. 3 showinga portion of the triangle.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the diflerent views.

1 designates a pool table triangle of the usual dimensions, and formed preferably of astrip of metal having beaded'upper'and lower edges 2, and having its ends formed into returned bends 3 which abut against each other and are held by means of a vertical strip 4 formed into a vertical channel having inwardly turned edges 5 which are the triangle 1, as shown in solid lines in Figs; 2"and 3.

"3, as shown in Fig. 5.

' respectively embraced byjthe return a 6 designates a, flexible memb'er. compris ing, preferably, -a pieceof cloth adapted to rest upon the pool table cloth 7 Fig. 3,,and

adapted tosupport the balls 8.

One side of thetriangle 1 is-provided one or'more bridge portions 9, which are supported at theinends and forn withthe body of the triangle 1 longitudinalslotslQ through which extend the bifurcated "end of;

theflexible-member 6, as shown in Figs. 1, i

3Zand 4L. The flexible member 6 adjacent to said bifurcated end has. secured thereto buttons 11. which. are adapted to be inserted.

through. button holes-.12r provided in the bifurcations of theadja'cent end of theflexi} ble member;16. 1 I Thev flexible memberfi is made oflength. and width suflicient to supportthe balls. 8,

when the flexiblemember is stretched under 7 1 Fi I l. and ,i Im the Operation smy inventiomxthe flexible member 613 Placed on the pool table cloth 7 with the triangle 1 resting thereon as shown in solid. lines in Figs-2 and 3.

The balls 8 are then placed in the triangle on the flexible member 6, after which the triangle is moved to the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 8, in which position the flexible member 6 will' have been left in the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3, in which position the triangle 1 may be lifted, leavingthe balls 8 properly positioned on the pooltable. In case that, for any purpose, it is desired, the flexible -member tS-maybe detached for cleansing or for being reversed in position on the triangle, or for being substituted with another flexible member of the same kind.

r The bridge portions 9 are preferably formed integral with thebody of the tri angle 1, by being depressed outwardly therefrom and out along their longitudinal edges, so as to form a vertical slot or passage 10 for the reception therethrough of the bifurcations at one end of the flexible member 6.

I do not limit my invention to the struc-' ture shown and described, as modifications,

within the scope of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pool table triangle provided with a body, a longitudinal member having its ends connected to oneside of said body and forming therewith a longitudinal slot, and a flexible ball supporting member extended through said slot and formed at one end into a loop embracing said longitudinal member.

2. A pool table triangle provided with a body having in one side a portion out along its longitudinal edges from said body and raised from said body a distance coextensive with said out edges so as to form with the bodya longitudinal slot, and a flexible ball supporting member having one end looped around said raised portion.

3. A pool table triangle provided. with a body having in one side a longitudinal raised portion connected at its ends to the body and severed along its longitudinal edges from the body and forming therewith a longitudinal slot, and a flexible ball sup porting member extending through and removable from said slot and provided with means, when one end of the ball supporting member is formed into a loop'around said raised portion, for detachably connecting said end of said ball supporting member to another portion thereof.

i. A pool table triangle having along one side a bridge portion forming with said side a longitudinal slot, and a flex ble ball supporting member extended through said slot and forming a loop embracing said. bridge portion and provided with buttons and but ton holes coperating with the buttons for releasably securing together the portions of the ball supporting member forming said loop.

5. A pool table triangle, and a flexible ball supporting member provided with means for being detachably connected adjacent to one end thereof to one side of said triangle.

6; A pool. table triangle having along one side a bridge portion disposed longitudb nally and connected at its ends to said side, and a'flexible ball supporting member provided with means for being attached to said bridge portion.

7. A pool table triangle having on one side a longitudinal bridge portion connected at its ends to said side, and a flexible ball supporting member provided adjacent to one end thereoi with means for being releasably attached to said bridge portion.

lntestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEODORE It. TREIBER. Witnesses annin: D. Hoosn, E. B. HOUSE.

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